Original German WWI Trench Knife with Scabbard made from Mauser 1871 Pioneer Sawback Bayonet German Artwork & Posters On the bottom is carved

On the bottom is carved CAPT J

and the designs were similar in the nose turret version

American training manuals warned of casualties at up to 140 meters (460 ft)

and my second day there they took me in to interrogate me

and the early pattern cleaning rod replaced

Original German WWI Trench Knife with Scabbard made from Mauser 1871 Pioneer Sawback Bayonet German Artwork & Posters On the bottom is carvedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This will make ANY serious Bayonet Collector WEEP! Some German clown took an exceptionally rare early MAUSER M 1871 Saw Back Pioneer Bayonet and scabbard, clearly in lovely condition, and "cut it down" by resetting the blade and removing the original cross guard and shortening the original brass mounted leather scabbard to match. TOTAL SACRILEGE !!! Despite this tragedy it is what it is and that is now a WWI Trench Knife!